Jericho is a community located within Stow Creek Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2][3]
Jericho, New Jersey | |
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 Jericho Hotel, circa 1890 | |
  Jericho Location in Cumberland County (Inset: Cumberland County in New Jersey)  Jericho Jericho (New Jersey)  Jericho Jericho (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°28′12″N 75°21′06″W / 39.47000°N 75.35167°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Cumberland |
| Township | Stow Creek |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 877447[1] |
Stow Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, flows through the settlement, and a pond and dam are located there.[4][5]
Jericho was at one time an important mill town in the history of Cumberland and Salem counties.[6]
History
editOriginally called "Gravelly Run", the settlement began to flourish in 1680 when John Brick purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land bordering Stow Creek, and erected sawmills and gristmills.[6][7] The Jericho Hotel was built, and in 1818, a distillery located in Jericho was converted into a woolen factory.[6]
The geologic area around Jericho contains Miocene epoch marl, and it is rich with fossils.[8] In the early 1800s, farmers near Jericho began using the mudlike marl found along Stow Creek as fertilizer, and commercial marl pits were built.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 28, 2014.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond Dam
- ^ a b c d Harrison, Charles (2013). Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. History Press. pp. 144, 145. ISBN 9781609497767.
- ^ Shourds, Thomas (1876). History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey. G.F. Nixon. p. 165.
- ^ Dana, James Dwight (1880). Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company. p. 495.